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Williamson the Loon is my favorite.

And at some point we realize not only that we are doomed, but that our children are doomed as well. That some of them, one of them, not all of them, is as strange in his skin as a frog with wings. But the frog would never dwell on the fact of his wings. The wings would simply be a burden because the frog could never fly—it's too heavy. But the frog wouldn't fret about the burden; the frog would simply carry it.

'I think you must understand that death is not a part of life, and if it were...then it would be strange, because death is death, which is 'no life,' and life is life, which is 'life.' I don't understand it when I hear people say that death is a part of life. It's life saying that an empty Mocha Frappucino bottle is like a full [one]. They aren't alike. One is an empty bottle and one is a full bottle.'

Helen did not recognize such questions. She barely recognized questions as questions. They indicated uncertainty, which was not a part of her existence.